I have attempted another dailyprogammer challenge on reddit.

This time, the challenge is to take a number in and print a 'banner' representing that number, like this:

Input: 47262

Output:
    _  _  _  _
|_|  | _||_  _|
  |  ||_ |_||_

Here is my solution:

using System;

public class BigDigits
{
    static string[,] bannerTemplates = new string[,]{
        { " _ ", "| |", "|_|" },
        { "   ", "  |", "  |" },
        { " _ ", " _|", "|_ " },
        { " _ ", " _|", " _|" },
        { "   ", "|_|", "  |" },
        { " _ ", "|_ ", " _|" },
        { " _ ", "|_ ", "|_|" },
        { " _ ", "  |", "  |" },
        { " _ ", "|_|", "|_|" },
        { " _ ", "|_|", " _|" }
    };

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        if (args.Length == 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("This program converts a number to a banner.");
            Console.WriteLine("\nUse it like this: ");
            Console.WriteLine("    bigintbanners.exe <number>");
            Console.WriteLine("\n<number>: The number you want to convert.");
            return;
        }

        char[] intChars = args[0].ToCharArray();
        string[] resultLines = new string[3];
        int currentDigit = 0;

        int i = 0;

        for(i = 0; i < intChars.Length; i++)
        {
            currentDigit = int.Parse(intChars[i].ToString());
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                resultLines[j] += bannerTemplates[currentDigit,j];
            }
        }

        for(i = 0; i < resultLines.Length; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(resultLines[i]);
        }
    }
}

I find the dailyprogrammer challenges to be a great way to practice a language that you are learning.

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Hello again!

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I have attempted the latest Daily Programmer challenge.

This time I have written it in javascript. The challenge was to validate an ISBN-10 number. To validate an ISBN-10 number, you add 10 times the first number to 9 times the second number to 8 times the third number and so on. This total should leave no remainder when divided by 11. In addition, the letter X stands for a value of 10.

Here is my solution:

function validate_isbn(isbn) {
    var i = 10,
        tot = isbn.replace(/-/g, "").split("").reduce(function (total, char) {
            if (char.toLowerCase() == "x")
                total += i * 10;
            else
                total += i * parseInt(char);
            i--;
            return total;
        }, 0);

    if (tot % 11 === 0)
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

I minified it by hand too:

function validate_isbn(a){var i = 10;if(a.replace(/-/g,"").split("").reduce(function(b, c){if(c.toLowerCase()=="x")b+=i*10;else b+=i* parseInt(c);i--;return b;},0)%11==0)return true;else return false;}

I should probably attempt the next challenge in C♯ so that I keep practising it.

The daily programmer challenge can be found here: Daily Programmer Challenge #197 - ISBN Validator